Dominik Szoboszlai is working exhausting to enhance his goalscoring return however insisted it was extra essential that he’s doing a “soiled job” for Arne Slot’s Liverpool aspect.
Final season, Szoboszlai chipped in with eight objectives in 55 appearances for the Reds however to date this season his solely strike got here within the 3-1 Champions League win over AC Milan in September, and that has led to complaints from sections of the Liverpool assist and, generally, his personal supervisor.
The 23-year-old stated he’s placing within the hours on the coaching floor to enhance however he’s extra within the group’s outcomes than his personal numbers.
When requested if he was comfortable along with his kind forward of Wednesday’s Champions League match towards RB Leipzig, Szoboszlai stated he was not.
“It may be all the time higher so, no,” the 23-year-old stated. “I can play even higher. I can rating extra objectives and do extra assists. However I’m doing a grimy job for the group and that’s most essential for me. We’re prime of league and if I don’t rating objectives that’s crucial for me.
“If we’re prime of the league and I don’t rating a objective I’ll take it…I’m attempting to work on it to be ready to attain extra objectives. It’s going to take time however I’ll get there.”
Wednesday evening will see Liverpool and Szoboszlai come up towards his former membership RB Leipzig within the Champions League.
Szoboszlai spent two seasons with Leipzig after becoming a member of from sister membership RB Salzburg in 2021, leaving for Liverpool in a deal value a reported £60 million in the summertime of 2023.
“It has been a fast one and a half years (since leaving),” the Hungary worldwide stated. “I got here right here as a younger expertise and left as a grown man and now I’m enjoying within the Premier League.
“I realized loads of stuff that I didn’t know earlier than. You may all the time be taught one thing from completely different coaches and completely different gamers and I can solely say constructive issues (concerning the membership)…
“I’m comfortable to be again and to see previous pals, and in addition the followers. I couldn’t actually say a goodbye to them as a result of my final switch was somewhat bit fast.”
Liverpool travelled to Germany on the again of Sunday’s 2-1 win over Chelsea, a consequence that lifted them again to the highest of the Premier League.
Additionally they have a most six factors from their opening two Champions League video games however Slot nonetheless sees a lot he desires to vary about his aspect.
“You may’t ask for far more in the case of the outcomes, however in the case of what we wish there’s all the time room for enchancment,” he stated.
“I don’t assume we outplayed Chelsea, we definitely didn’t, I believe they have been extra dominant with the ball. In an excellent world you’d have seen us dominate the sport like we did so many different video games. We’re not there but.
“The advantage of the group and our result’s after we face a group like Chelsea or (Manchester) United you see a group combating for each centimetre, each metre, combating for each second and that may be decisive within the sport and that’s what we confirmed.
“I’m hoping that within the close to future we are going to play a troublesome sport just like the Milan sport or the United sport and be extra dominant than we have been towards Chelsea.”
Diogo Jota didn’t journey to Germany after struggling an damage towards Chelsea, with Slot saying he doesn’t know the way lengthy the ahead will probably be out with bruising.
Conor Bradley and Federico Chiesa have likewise not travelled, together with longer-term absentees Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliot.
